Nanotechnology News

RSS

Nanyang Technological University Awarded S$30 Million in Research Funding from NRF

Three proposals from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have won up to S$30 million in research fund from the National Research Foundation (NRF) following its fourth call for proposals under its Competitive Research Programme (CRP) Funding Scheme.

7 Jul 2009

Examining Some of the Ways in Which Current Ideas in Physics are Changing Biology

As the world celebrates Charles Darwin, who was born 200 years ago, physicists can be forgiven a certain jealousy at the spotlight being placed on his profound legacy. But physicists have in fact had a huge impact on bio...

7 Jul 2009

Researchers Developing Micro Robotic Bats that Offer Increased Maneuverability and Performance

Tiny flying machines can be used for everything from indoor surveillance to exploring collapsed buildings, but simply making smaller versions of planes and helicopters doesn't work very well.

7 Jul 2009

EE Solutions Licenses Synthesizable MIPS Core to Help Customers Get Products to Market Fast

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS: MIPS), a leading provider of industry- standard processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, communications, networking and portable multimedia markets, and EE Solutions, a...

7 Jul 2009

JPK Instruments Announces the Opening of Their First Offices in Japan

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to announce the opening of their first offices in Japan together with the appointment of Nobuhiro Saito as country manager.

From Bruker BioAFM 7 Jul 2009

Migration to Copper for High End Memory Devices Continues to Grow Relying on Tighter Process Control

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI) provider of leading edge stand-alone metrology and the market leader of integrated metrology solutions to the semiconductor process control market today announced that its N...

From Nova Measuring Instruments 7 Jul 2009

AIXTRON Receives Order From CESI RICERCA

AIXTRON AG today announced an order for one AIX 2800G4 (15x4") Planetary Reactor® system from the CESI RICERCA a company based in Milan, Italy. The order was received in December 2008 and the reactor will be del...

From AIXTRON SE 7 Jul 2009

Thin "Nanowires" May Prove to be Effective Components for Solar Cells

A century after German physicist Gustav Mie derived the math to explain why the colors in some stained glass windows look especially resplendent in the sunlight, a team of Stanford engineers has built upon his work to potentially improve a means of harvesting energy from the sun.

7 Jul 2009

Bringing the Long-Sought Quantum Computers a Step Closer To Reality

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have overcome a hurdle in quantum computer development, having devised* a viable way to manipulate a single "bit" in a quantum processor without disturbing the information stored in its neighbors.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 6 Jul 2009

Scientists Discover How Thousands of Bacterial Membrane Proteins Able to Assemble into Clusters

A team of scientists has taken a unique look at how thousands of bacterial membrane proteins are able to assemble into clusters that direct cell movement to select chemicals in their environment.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 6 Jul 2009

Physicists Succeeded in Demonstrating the Electronic Structure of an Interface in a Solid for the First Time

X-rays can be used to image hidden structures such as bones of the human body. But now, a team of Würzburg physicists has succeeded in demonstrating the electronic structure of an interface in a solid for the first time.

6 Jul 2009

Evident Technologies to Reorganize Under Bankruptcy Laws

Evident Technologies announced a filing in chapter 11 reorganization today and has asked the Bankruptcy court in Albany, New York to approve a debtor in financing package of $ 1.35 million. The filing was prompted by Evi...

6 Jul 2009

A Better Understanding of Nanosized Minerals

The red and blue images appear ghostly, like a fleeting glimpse of something that’s never been seen before - which is true. Using computer simulations, Berkeley Lab scientists have developed the first predicted images of water molecules surrounding a nanoparticle, in this case an iron-oxide mineral called hematite.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 6 Jul 2009

New "Lab-on-a-Chip" Measuring Water Stress in Grapevines

Fifteen years ago, when Alan Lakso first sought to enlist Cornell's nanofabrication laboratory to develop a tiny sensor that would measure water stress in grapevines, the horticultural sciences professor ended up back at the drawing board.

6 Jul 2009

Work Could Lead to Technologies for Health Care Like Better Diagnostics and Deeper Understanding of Cancer

Where biology, chemistry and physics intersect, a Kansas State University professor expects to find applications to improve human health. Robert Szoszkiewicz, an assistant professor of physics at K-State, is continuing research on molecules both singularly and as a group.

6 Jul 2009

Nanotechnology News

Nanyang Technological University Awarded S$30 Million in Research Funding from NRF

Examining Some of the Ways in Which Current Ideas in Physics are Changing Biology

Researchers Developing Micro Robotic Bats that Offer Increased Maneuverability and Performance

EE Solutions Licenses Synthesizable MIPS Core to Help Customers Get Products to Market Fast

JPK Instruments Announces the Opening of Their First Offices in Japan

Migration to Copper for High End Memory Devices Continues to Grow Relying on Tighter Process Control

AIXTRON Receives Order From CESI RICERCA

Thin "Nanowires" May Prove to be Effective Components for Solar Cells

Bringing the Long-Sought Quantum Computers a Step Closer To Reality

Scientists Discover How Thousands of Bacterial Membrane Proteins Able to Assemble into Clusters

Physicists Succeeded in Demonstrating the Electronic Structure of an Interface in a Solid for the First Time

Evident Technologies to Reorganize Under Bankruptcy Laws

A Better Understanding of Nanosized Minerals

New "Lab-on-a-Chip" Measuring Water Stress in Grapevines

Work Could Lead to Technologies for Health Care Like Better Diagnostics and Deeper Understanding of Cancer

News Categories

Almond Shell Waste Powers Sustainable Graphene-Based Sensors

Plant-based Silver Nanoparticles Made From Magnolia Leaves For Medical and Environmental Applications

Dispersions Hold the Key for Carbon Nanotube Success, Finds IDTechEx

DNA Nanoflower Targets Breast Cancer Cells in Drug Delivery Breakthrough

How 2D Materials Are Defining Tomorrow’s Electronics and ICs

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

Sponsored Content

Enhancing Graphene Research with Tabletop SEM and Raman Spectroscopy

What is AFM-IR?

Ultimate Guide to Nanoscale Polymer Analysis with Photothermal AFM-IR

Atomic Force Microscopy Analysis of Polymer Stiffness Under Thermal Stress